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- *mmddyyyy Birthdays
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- B09011875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, novelist, Ah-ee-ah-ee-ah!
- B09021838 Queen Liliuokalani (last queen of Hawaii).
- B09021866 Hiram Johnson, Calif governor, Progressive.
- B09021952 Jimmy Connors, tennis brat
- B09031856 Louis Sullivan, father of modern US architecture.
- B09041824 Anton Bruckner, Wagner disciple
- B09051902 Darryl F. Zanuck, Hollywood producer & motion picture executive
- B09061766 John Dalton, developed the atomic theory of matter
- B09061811 James Melville Gilliss, founded Naval Observatory in Washington
- B09071533 Queen Elizabeth I
- B09071860 Grandma Moses
- B09071914 James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts.
- B09081841 Anton Dvorak, composer
- B09081925 Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato)
- B09101934 Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.
- B09111862 O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
- B09111885 D.H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer
- B09111913 Bear Bryant, keeps the Crimson Tide winning...
- B09121818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor of hand-cranked machine gun
- B09121880 H.L. Mencken, Baltimore's son.
- B09121888 Maurice Chevalier, thanked heaven for little girls.
- B09131755 Oliver Evans, pioneered the high-pressure steam engine.
- B09121913 Jesse Owens, spoiled Hitler's Olympic plans in 1936.
- B09131851 Walter Reed, who proved mosquitos transmit yellow fever.
- B09141867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew the "Gibson Girl"
- B09141883 Margaret Sanger, feminist.
- B09151789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist.
- B09151857 William Howard Taft, 27th President (1909-1913)
- B09151881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, car builder
- B09151890 Dame Agatha Christie
- B09151894 Jean Renoir, cineaste.
- B09161822 Charles S. Crocker, of Southern Pacific fame.
- B09161924 Lauren Bacall, whistler.
- B09171730 Baron Frederick von Steuben, made the Continental Army winners.
- B09181709 Samuel Johnson, Boswell's tour guide.
- B09201878 Upton Sinclair
- B09211756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface (asphalt)
- B09211866 H.G. Wells, futurist.
- B09211874 Gustav Holst, composer of 'The Planets'
- B09221791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of the electric motor.
- B09221885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director
- B09231852 William Stewart Halsted, established 1st surgical school in US
- B09231926 John Coltrane, saxophonist
- B09231930 Ray Charles
- B09241870 Georges Claude, inventor of the neon light.
- B09241936 Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today.
- B09251725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile.
- B09251897 William Faulkner, American author
- B09261774 John Chapman, alias Johnny Appleseed
- B09261888 T.S. Eliot, Anglican
- B09261898 George Gershwin
- B09271722 Samuel Adams, revolutionary rabble rouser
- B09271840 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist of late 1800s America.
- B09281909 Al Capp, put Dogpatch, USA on the map
- B09291901 Enrico Fermi, physicist, gone fission.
- B09291912 Gene Autry, cowpoke.
- B09301924 Truman Capote, a short short story writer.
- *mmddyyyy Events
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- S09011807 Aaron Burr aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
- S09011849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey.
- S09011863 Railroad & Ferry connection with Oakland inaugurated.
- S09011878 1st woman telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston).
- S09011939 Germany invades Poland, starts World War II.
- S09011952 Sutro Baths purchased by George Whitney.
- S0901 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09021620 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims.
- S09021789 US Treasury Department established by Congress.
- S09021859 gas lighting introduced to Hawaii.
- S09021956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service.
- S0902 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09031783 Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
- S09031849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
- S09031939 England declares war on Germany.
- S0903 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09041781 Los Angeles founded in the Valley of Smokes (Indian Name)
- S09041833 the 1st newsboy in the US hired (Barney Flaherty), by the NY Sun.
- S09041862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized.
- S09041866 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published.
- S09041888 George Eastman patents 1st rollfilm camera & registers "Kodak".
- S0904 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09051781 Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the
- S09051781CBritish rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
- S09051885 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
- S09051977 Voyager II launched.
- S0905 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09061716 1st lighthouse in US built, in Boston.
- S09061869 the 1st westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
- S09061873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street.
- S09061876 Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
- S09061966 Star Trek appears on TV for the first time (on NBC)
- S0906 the National Holiday of Swaziland.
- S0906 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S09071907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House destroyed by fire.
- S0907 2Labor Day, a legal holiday
- S0907 Independence Day, celebrated in Brazil.
- S09081565 1st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine, Florida
- S09081858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people.
- S09081920 1st US Air Mail service begins.
- S0908 International Literacy Day
- S09091776 Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States".
- S09091850 California becomes the 31st state.
- S09091875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated.
- S09091880 President Hayes visits San Francisco.
- S09091926 NBC created by the Radio Corporation of America.
- S09091982 "Conestoga I", 1st private rocket, is launched.
- S0909 Admission Day, a California Holiday.
- S09101608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
- S09101846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
- S09101847 1st theater opens in Hawaii.
- S09101913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
- S09101953 Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner".
- S09101955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
- S09111853 1st electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos.
- S09111910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
- S09111926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu).
- S09111929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
- S09111972 BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to Fremont
- S09131788 New York City becomes the capitol of the United States.
- S09141716 1st lighthouse in US is lit (in Boston Harbor).
- S09141814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
- S09141886 the typewriter ribbon is patented.
- S09141892 A.P. Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo.
- S09141899 While in New York, Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality
- S09141940 Congress passes 1st peace time draft law.
- S09151821 Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras & Nicaragua all
- S09151821Cgain their independence.
- S09151937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the Zoo (at Sloat Blvd).
- S09151957 San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
- S0915 Independence Day, for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala,
- S0915 CHonduras and Nicaragua.
- S0915 Felt Hat Day, when men of fashion put away their straw hats.
- S09161620 the Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims.
- S09161782 Great Seal of the United States is used for 1st time.
- S09161857 Patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
- S09161919 the American Legion is incorporated.
- S09161974 BART begins regular transbay service.
- S0916 Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico.
- S09171776 the Presidio of San Francisco was founded as Spanish fort.
- S09171787 US Constitution is adopted.
- S09171819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
- S09171927 Charles Lindbergh in San Francisco.
- S09171972 BART begins passenger service.
- S0917 Constitution Day
- S09181810 Chile gains it's independence.
- S09181851 "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
- S09181882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as the Local Security Board).
- S09181927 the Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
- S0918 Independence Day, celebrated in Chile.
- S0918 the start of the Jewish New Year.
- S09191849 1st commercial laundry established, in Oakland, California.
- S09191873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic
- S09191968 Baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!).
- S09191982 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
- S09201519 Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of the world.
- S09201797 US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston.
- S09201859 Patent granted on the electric range.
- S09201879 the U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for an elaborate extended visit.
- S09201884 Equal Rights Party founding convention in San Francisco, nominates
- S09201884Cfemale candidates for President, Vice President.
- S09211784 1st daily newspaper in US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
- S09211895 1st auto manufacturer opens -- Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
- S09211930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
- S09211954 the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
- S09211982 Cable Cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs.
- S09221789 the US Post Office was established.
- S09221863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
- S09221893 1st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers)
- S09221903 Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.
- S0922 the Autumn Harvest Festival in Wheaton, Illinois.
- S09231780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
- S09231779 Naval engagement between 'Bonhomme Richard' and 'HMS Serepis'.
- S09231912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie is released.
- S09231952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
- S0923 the first day of Fall.
- S09241789 Congress creates the Post Office.
- S09241845 1st baseball team is organized.
- S09241852 a new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated.
- S09241853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
- S09241865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks.
- S09241869 Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes stock market panic.
- S09241895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
- S09241954 "The Tonight Show" premieres.
- S09241960 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
- S09251513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean.
- S09251789 Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
- S09251890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park.
- S09261542 Cabrillo discovers California.
- S09261824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives.
- S09261966 the Staten Island is 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay.
- S09271825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England.
- S09281542 Juan Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay.
- S09281781 Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the the Revolutionary War.
- S09271787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification.
- S0928 Confucius' Birthday, celebrated in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- S09291923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public.
- S09301846 1st tooth extraction under anesthetics, in Charlestown, Mass.
- S09301878 1st immigrants from Portugal arrive in Hawaii.
- S09301967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition).